DT> Interesting article and I agree with your conclusion.  It is 
DT> important 
DT> to note that this same computer that Kasporv defeated would probably 
DT> defeat approximately 95% of the chess players in the world today.  
    So what?
    If you're using this statement to "prove" the superiority of technology 
over the human mind in complex reasoning, I could "prove" the reverse by 
saying Bobby Fischer could beat 95% of living chessplayers.
    I never expected Deep Blue to win the match.  I always expected that 
Kasparov's ability to learn Deep Blue's "style" (and Deep Blue's lack of the 
reverse), together with the fact that Deep Blue's designers had Kasparov's 
published games to study and the machine couldn't learn any more quickly 
about his "style", would decide the outcome.
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